Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

Action

7.0~~/10~~

Our score

★ 3.6 Google Play·1M+ installs

Reviewed by Editorial Team, ScoredApps editorial · updated 2026-09-06

Screenshots

Anniversary key art with a hero in bright ceremonial dress

Tenth anniversary event screen with reward tracks

Announcement of eight revamped heroes now live

Classic heroes returning with a selection panel

Collectible mementos offered in a limited event

Five-on-five battle around a jungle objective

About Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

The world's most-played mobile MOBA reaches the United States as a separate regional build: the same five-on-five map, hero roster and ten-minute matches, published locally rather than through the global client. That split is the problem — this listing holds a million installs and 2.9 stars, against a global game counted in the billions. Heroes are still earned rather than bought.

Game information

DeveloperSkystone Games Pte. Ltd.

Version2.1.95.12065 (Android) · 2.1.99.1205.7 (iOS)

Size183.45 MB (Android) · 354 MB (iOS)

Price / In-appFree

Contains adsNo

In-app purchasesYes

Content rating13+

Requires (Android)Android 5.0+

Requires (iOS)iOS 12.0+

Offline modeNone — every match is ten live players on a server

Interface languagesAR, MY, KM, EN, FR, DE + 14 more

Store rating (Google Play)3.6 from 20,398 ratings

Installs1M+

Updated by developer2026-08-05

Data checked2026-09-07

Specs come from the official store listings and were last checked on 2026-09-07. Developers change pricing and requirements — check the store page before installing.

Mobile Legends US Review: The Right Game, Wrong Server

Five Against Five in Ten Minutes

The design is the reason the game dominates south-east Asia: three lanes, a jungle, turrets and a base, compressed so that a full match runs around ten minutes rather than the thirty a desktop game demands. Heroes are bought with earned currency, abilities sit as four buttons under the right thumb, and the map is small enough that a fight is always two screens away. Anniversary events, revamped classic heroes and cosmetic collections keep the roster moving — the tenth-year celebration is running across the store screens.

The US Build Is a Separate Game

This is the fact that matters for anyone in the United States: the global client is not on the American Play store, and what is listed instead is a regional build published by a different company. It carries a million installs against a global audience measured in hundreds of millions, and it rates 2.9 stars from 19,100 reviews — the lowest Play average in this catalogue. Apple's version fares better at 3.9 from 32,000 ratings. The complaints centre on the population: smaller queues, uneven matchmaking, events arriving late.

Free Heroes, Paid Skins

Heroes can be unlocked with currency earned by playing, which keeps the competitive floor open, and the money is in skins, passes and event cosmetics rather than in statistics. That is the correct arrangement for a MOBA and it is worth crediting. Google Play carries no advertising badge on the regional build, and the last update recorded there is 14 August 2026. The problem is not the business model or the game underneath it — both are sound. It is that a five-on-five game needs five people, ten times over.

Pros

Full five-on-five MOBA in about ten minutes
Heroes unlockable with currency earned by playing
Spending buys skins rather than statistics
No advertising badge on the Play listing
Ten years of hero and map revisions behind it

Cons

Rated 2.9 on Play, the lowest average here
The US build has a fraction of the global population
Matchmaking quality suffers from the smaller queue
Events reach the regional build later than the global one

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Verdict

The game is good — a real MOBA in ten minutes, with heroes earned rather than bought. The American listing is the problem: a separate regional build with a million installs, a 2.9 rating and the thin matchmaking that follows from both. Play it if your friends are already here; otherwise the competitor with the larger US population is the safer install.

Gameplay8.0A genuine MOBA compressed to ten minutes without losing its structure.

Controls7.5A stick and four ability buttons; aiming skill shots stays approximate.

Replay value6.5Deep on paper, limited in practice by how few people play this build.

Graphics & sound7.5Bright, readable heroes and effects that run on inexpensive phones.

Monetisation5.5Cosmetic-first, but events and passes are constant and heroes take grinding.

7.0out of 10 · weighted average of the five scores above

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Frequently asked questions

Can it be played offline?

No. Every match is five real players against five others in real time, so a stable connection is mandatory and a disconnection leaves your team a player short for the rest of the game.

What does it sell?

Skins, battle passes and event cosmetics, plus currency to unlock heroes faster than earning it. Nothing sold raises a hero's statistics, so the paid layer is presentation — the fairest arrangement among the competitive games in this catalogue.

What does it need to run?

iOS 12 or later, and it is built for inexpensive Android hardware — that accessibility is exactly why the global version reached the scale it did. Nothing about the requirements explains the American version's problems.

Can you play with friends?

Yes, and it is the best way to use it: a party of five removes the matchmaking lottery that the smaller American population makes worse. Voice chat and quick pings are built in, and ranked play accepts full teams.

How long is a match?

Around ten minutes, and it cannot be paused or left without penalty. That is short for the genre and one of the game's genuine advantages, provided the queue in front of the match does not take longer than the match itself.